Since they're calling for temps in the mid-30's here tonight, I went
out as soon as I got home fom work to "rescue" my ripe and nearly ripe
roma tomatoes.

7 pints in the boiling water bath and 4 more waiting.


- Mark

> wrote in message
...
> Since they're calling for temps in the mid-30's here tonight, I went
> out as soon as I got home fom work to "rescue" my ripe and nearly ripe
> roma tomatoes.
>
> 7 pints in the boiling water bath and 4 more waiting.
>

I hope you added lemon juice, tomatos are considered borderline
acid foods nowadays.

Ted

On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:26:44 -0700, "Ted Mittelstaedt"
> wrote:

>
> wrote in message
.. .
>> Since they're calling for temps in the mid-30's here tonight, I went
>> out as soon as I got home fom work to "rescue" my ripe and nearly ripe
>> roma tomatoes.
>>
>> 7 pints in the boiling water bath and 4 more waiting.
>>
>
>I hope you added lemon juice, tomatos are considered borderline
>acid foods nowadays.

Yep. I followed the Ball Blue Book instructions and added 1
tablespoon per pint.

As it turns out, they may not be the last. It didn't frost -
everything is still green (even Elephant Ears) and there are still
plenty of tomatoes on the vines (same variety as grown on San Marzano
according to Johnny's Select Seeds catalog).

- Mark